familial
Portuguese, adjective/fa.mi.liˈaw/
familial is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Familial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “familial (relating to families)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does familial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefamilial (relating to families)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. da família, familiar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of familial
- familiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce familial?
- Brazil /fa.mi.liˈaw/
- Brazil [fa.mi.liˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /fa.miˈljaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to familial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is familial in Portuguese?
familial appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).